What Dunnes Stores’ Communion launch tells us about schools Behind the dresses and displays lies a quiet dilemma that schools are expected to manage, but did not create https://simonmlewis.substack.com/p/what-dunnes-stores-communion-launch

Just for fun, my family have taken on a challenge: to listen to a different album in its entirety every week. We thought it might be nice to share them as education can be a serious business and we need a bit of light-heartedness. Albums are chosen by recommendation and

Just for fun, I thought I’d take up a new year’s resolution as I’d noticed I keep listening to the same music over and over again. My challenge is to listen to one album in its entirety every week with my son, while driving to and from work. Each week

And finally, if you’re interested in reading the entire study of whether Joe McHugh was the Minister for the Pausing Initiatives, here is the full analysis: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xPla4aM5lOsKeoCoTpnpliz0cWxTwhEdDG-qUpMZQgI/edit?usp=sharing

The ICT Grant Circular was just published today. I made a very quick webapp to calculate your grant. Pass it on to whoever might be interested: https://www.arukas.ie/ictgrant

Maybe not an award that will be celebrated by teachers. Which Minister issued the most circulars and initiatives on average per annum?

This may be of use to anyone wanting to avail of the Teacher Refund Scheme (using @notebooklm)

The Minister for Education post had some heavy hitters over the last 2 decades (excluding the very forgettable tenures of Batt O’Keeffe and Mary Coughlan.) From Mary Hanafin to Helen McEntee, these Ministers shaped education in different ways, with one possible exception – Joe McHugh. His tenure is often forgotten